RLT Ready For The Revolution

Community company includes ‘Les Mis’ in 2013-14 season

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Among The Plays chosen for Rogers Little Theater's 2013-14 season is "Les Miserables." Information: 631-8988 or rogerslittletheater.org.

How do I make guns that look like the French Revolution and fire on stage?” These and other questions — Can a portion of the Rogers Little Theater stage revolve? How do monkeys fly? Where does one find an actor who can play 40 characters? — will be plaguing Ed McClure for some time to come. As director of productions for RLT, he’ll be thinking a lot about the 2013-14 season — which includes “Les Miserables,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Fully Committed.” Choosing a season isn’t “just a matter of sitting down one day and thinking up some shows you want to do,” McClure wants patrons to know. “You really have to be diligent. It’s like trying to keep 12 plates spinning on sticks sometimes!